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It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto hack is in the books and a lot of money has been stolen. This time, the victim is a digital currency platform known as Qubit Finance, a defi trading arena. The company is reporting losses of approximately $80 million at the time of writing. Qubit Finance Has Lost Quite a Bit of Money As we have seen from recent reports, crypto crime is growing like crazy, and it makes sense when one looks at how well some of the leading digital...

Experts at the Portland division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are telling people what they can do to avoid cryptocurrency scams, which have seemingly become much more prominent and aggressive over the past few years. The FBI Says Crypto Scams Are On the Rise It seems like crypto-based crime has become a serious issue given that the prices of many leading digital currencies such as bitcoin have surged in recent years. Just two months ago, the world’s...

According to a new document published by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, nearly $9 billion in crypto funds were laundered last year by cybercriminals. Overall, as much as $8.6 billion was placed in illegitimate projects and companies or washed to appear legitimate. Chainalysis Says Nearly $9 Billion Was Laundered The good news is that while this number is about 30 percent larger than the number witnessed in the year 2020, it is considerably smaller than the $10.9...

A new report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis suggests that in the year 2021, North Korea stole as much as $400 million worth of cryptocurrency. As many as seven separate attacks were launched as a means of gaining access to the money. North Korea Is Rich from Stealing Crypto Among the methods used to engage in thievery were “phishing lures, code exploits, malware, and advanced social engineering to siphon funds” out of organizations’ hot wallets and addresses,...

Kryptowährungen, allen voran der Bitcoin, haben Hochkonjunktur. Sie sind in aller Munde und jeder, der sich nur ein bisschen mit Investitionen beschäftigt, stösst auf irgend ein Inserat, Google Ad oder Nachricht auf Social Media. Durch die hohen Gewinne und Kurssteigerungen der letzten Jahre, will niemand die Chance verpassen, an diesem Hype teilzuhaben. Viele haben jedoch wenig Ahnung vom Kryptomarkt und der Funktionsweise der verschiedenen...

A man in Fayetteville, North Carolina claims to have lost his entire life savings to a cryptocurrency scam. Jaqueall Jackson had as much as $15,000 in crypto saved up but lost it all through a scam investment opportunity he learned about through Facebook. How Jaqueall Jackson Lost All His Crypto In an interview, he stated: That was my entire savings right there. I lost $15,000… I constantly kept getting messages that were getting sent down by people saying the success of...

The crypto space saw unprecedented growth last year, and unfortunately, this led to a heavy surge in crypto-related crime. According to a new study conducted by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, illicit activity in the crypto space saw approximately $14 billion in crypto go to scam or fraudulent addresses. Chainalysis: The Amount of Crime Nearly Doubled in 2021 Compare this number with the $7.8 billion that was stolen in the year 2020. From one year to the next, the...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is going to be hard on crypto scammers as it works to end all fraud in the industry. Regulators have stated that anyone taking part in a crypto scam of any kind will face up to five years in prison and be required to pay a hefty fee. This new law is set to take effect tomorrow on January 2, 2022. The UAE Works to Handle Crypto Scams 2021 was arguably the year for crypto. Bitcoin, for example, rose to a whopping $68,000 per unit – the...

2021 was the year for crypto. Between bitcoin hitting the ultimate high of roughly $68,000 per unit last November and Pro Shares unveiling its new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), it can be argued that this was the ultimate time for digital currency transactions. However, with such developments came a crud-load of illicit activity, and 2021 saw the highest amounts of crypto fraud and theft ever recorded in the history books according to blockchain analysis firm...

India has never had an easy time when it comes to crypto, but that hasn’t stopped it from secretly opening its arms to the growing financial space. India Has Moved Far When It Comes to Crypto According to a recent study conducted by blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, India currently ranks second in the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index, meaning there is presently only one other country that has done better when it comes to pushing and accepting digital currency...